Question

The length of a kitchen wall is 24 2/3 feet long . a border will be placed along the wall of kitchen. if the border comes in strips that are each 1 3/4 feet long, how many strips of border are needed? please show work.

Answer 1

You would need 15 boards bc 24.6666 divided by 1.75 is 14.09 and I got those decimal numbers from finding the decimal number of the 24 and 3/4 and the 1 and 3/4

Answer 2

15 strips.

Explanation:

The length of a kitchen wall =
`24(2)/(3)` feet

=
`(74)/(3)` feet

A border will be placed along the wall of the kitchen.

The lenth of the border in strips =
`1(3)/(4)` feet =
`(7)/(4)`

Therefore to find the number of strips of border are needed

=
`(74)/(3)` ÷
`(7)/(4)`

=
`(74)/(3)` ×
`(4)/(7)`

=
`(296)/(21)`

=
`14(2)/(21)`

≈ 15 strips

15 strips of border are needed.